2 Chronicles 18:26

26 and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this one into the prison house, and let him eat {a meager ration of bread and water} until I return in peace." '"

2 Chronicles 18:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:26

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2).

2 Chronicles 18:26 In-Context

24 Then Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day when you go into a private room to hide yourself."

25 Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the commander of the city and to Jehoash the son of the king,

26 and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this one into the prison house, and let him eat {a meager ration of bread and water} until I return in peace." '"

27 And Micaiah said, "If you surely return in peace Yahweh has not spoken with me." Then he said, "Hear, peoples, all of them!"

28 Then the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "bread a short ration and water a short ration"